TexMessage: Wealthy casino magnate sues Dallas lawyer

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Casino magnate and Super PAC mega donor Sheldon Adelson is suing a Dallas lawyer and his Jewish Democratic group for $60 million, alleging he allowed prostitution at his casinos in China.

The Dallas Morning News reported that the groups used the prostitution claims to embarrass Adelson’s beneficiaries, including Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney.

Adelson is worth $25 billion, according to the report, and is looking for $10 million in actual damages and $50 million in punitive damages.

Dallas lawyer Marc Stanley called the lawsuit a ploy to “shut us up for talking about [President Barack Obama].”

“The suit accuses Stanley, the council, and its chief executive and president, David Harris, of “maliciously false and defamatory statements” meant to demean Adelson in the Jewish community and to punish him for supporting Republican causes,” the aticle read.

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